Man, the SAG Awards are already about 10 times funnier than the Golden Globes or any of the award shows so far this season (not that there’s been that many this season. We probably won’t live blog per se, but we’ll be announcing the winner’s live as they happened if you happen to be reading. Of course we won’t be covering any of the TV cause we don’t really care for it, though we hope shows and actors from “The Office,” and “30 Rock” win (we/I haven’t watched “Mad Men” but we/I hear it’s great – who has time for TV?).
Outstanding Actress In A Supporting Role
WINNER: Kate Winslet – “The Reader”
Amy Adams – “Doubt”
Viola Davis – “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz – “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”
Wow, “The Reader” keeps cleaning up this year. This seems like Kate’s year. Man, imagine she takes the Best Actress award for “Revolutionary Road” and she’s not even up for an Oscar in that role?
Outstanding Actor In A Supporting Role
WINNER: Heath Ledger – “The Dark Knight”
Phillip Seymour Hoffman – “Doubt”
Dev Patel – “Slumdog Millionaire”
Robert Downey Jr. – “Tropic Thunder”
Josh Brolin – “Milk”
No major surprise here, right? ‘TDK’ co-star Gary Oldman accepted on his behalf. Heath got a standing ovation. He seemed quite emotional and then had to reign it in.
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role
WINNER: Meryl Streep – “Doubt”
Kate Winslet – “Revolutionary Road”
Angelina Jolie – “Changeling”
Melissa Le0 – “Frozen River”
Anne Hathaway – “Rachel Getting Married”
Nice, she’s very, very deserving of this award. Did they really say Meryl Streep has only ever won a SAG once before? Does that not seem impossible? According to Wiki its true, but they only started giving them out in 1994.
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role
WINNER: Sean Penn – “Milk”
Mickey Rourke – “The Wrestler”
Brad Pitt – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Sean Penn – “Milk”
Frank Langella – “Frost/Nixon”
Richard Jenkins – “The Visitor”
Wow. We kinda had a hunch this would happen. Our feeling is that Rourke engendered such ill will during his down period that a nomination is as good as he can get from this crowd. Nice shout out to Benicio del Toro, Steven Soderbergh and “Che” for being overlooked.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire”
“Doubt”
“The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
Man, even more evidence that this one is walking away with Best Picture. They could have easily given it to “Doubt,” which does have the best cast hands down, but this is a move that endorses the film itself, make no mistake.
Again, don’t forget these SAG Guild awards again are the most accurate bellwether of Oscar. Don’t be surprised if these awards match up exactly, but of course, the Best Supporting Actress field is still an open race since Kate Winslet isn’t it in. But the Best Actress race must be now seen as a 50/50 horse race between her and Streep.
P.S. The stunt ensembles award went to “The Dark Knight.” James Earl Jones was given the Lifetime Achievement Award and of course, it’s well-deserved. God, he almost choked us up, he’s so awesome. What a classy guy.